Mexican Corridos About Trump Assassination Attempt Released

By Allan Wall

A corrido is a Mexican song genre which relates a story. At least two corridos have already been released by Mexican musicians in the United States about the recent attempt to assassinate former and possible future U.S. president Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th.

Are these examples of Mexican assimilation to American culture, or American assimilation to Mexican culture?

I’m not sure, but what is for sure is that corrido composers are always on the lookout for a dramatic story, and the Trump assassination attempt certainly fits that bill.

The first corrido on this topic I learned of is entitled el corrido Del Atentado a Donald Trump (The Corrido of the Attempt on Donald Trump). The lyrics were composed by Pepe Sanchez, and recorded by Compa Camaney, vocalist and accordeonist of Conjunto Diamante Norteño, a group located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Compa Comaney is from San Luis Potosi in Mexico.

Here are the lyrics in English, my translation. I do not claim the same literary quality for the English translation as the Spanish original. But it’s the meaning. Here are the lyrics:

“From afar he [the shooter] was pointing with a rifle at his [Trump’s] head
and when he shot him he hit an ear.
He (the shooter) wanted to take away the existence of Trump, the former president.
Two bullets he shot, but with bad aim,
but immediately the police shot him down.
He wanted to murder Trump , who knows why?  
The news spead in that moment,
they wanted to kill Trump in a violent attack,
who knows the reason they wanted Trump dead? 
The people saw that sniper,
they informed the police and they [the police] did not mobilize,
they took action after he was shot.

“Trump is a brave man,
and has not known fear,
because he appeared calm and of that there are many witnesses,
he didn’t get agitated at all regardless of what happened. 
Trump was saved by a miracle, but he saw it [death] close,
because he received  a shot in one of his ears,
but the sniper shot at his head. 
Two wounded and a dead man, followed in the Trump incident
and also the one who shot him lost his life,
after shooting at Trump, the police shot him down.

Click here for a video of the corrido, click here for the lyrics in Spanish, click here for an article in Milenio:

Here are the lyrics in Spanish (by Pepe Sanchez:

“Desde lejos le apuntaba con un rifle a la cabeza
y cuando le disparó fue y le pegó en una oreja
al expresidente Trump, quería quitar la existencia,
dos balazos le tiró, pero no con puntería,
pero de inmediatamente lo abatió la policía,
quiso asesinar a Trump, quién sabe por qué sería.
La noticia se extendió en ese mismo momento,
quisieron matar a Trump en un ataque violento,
quién sabe por qué razón, a Trump lo querían ver muerto.
La gente se percató de aquel francotirador,
avisó a la policía y no se movilizó,
se pusieron en acción ya después que disparó.

Trump es un hombre valiente que el miedo no ha conocido,
porque se veía calmado y de eso hay muchos testigos,
no se agüitó para nada a pesar de lo ocurrido.
Trump se salvó de milagro, pero si la miró cerca,
porque recibió un balazo en una de sus orejas,
pero el francotirador le tiraba la cabeza.
Dos heridos y un muerto, seguido en el de este Trump,
y también perdió la vida aquel que le disparó,
después de tirarle a Trump, la policía lo abatió.

Another corrido about the assassination attempt has surfaced, by the
Grupo Norteño Gethsemani de Los Angeles. You can listen to it here.

There may be more out there.

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By Allan Wall

Source: Mexico News Report

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